Trudging through the snow might not sound like your idea of a good time, but a surprising study suggests you might want to grab your scarf and lace up your boots. Researchers in Poland and the UK ...

New research reveals that parents’ verbal remarks about weight can leave a deeper and longer-lasting mark on their children’s self-image than the dieting behaviors they model, showing the lasting ...

Researchers showed that young people who are hooked on their phones, meaning they feel anxious without them or can't stop ...

“I will never sacrifice my well-being again. I will never give up my power again.” The above quote is from one of my participants, Nixen, who overcome negative body image and developed a predominantly ...

Our Western society highly values beauty, which it tends to define as being young and skinny. Definitions and ideals of beauty—communicated through, for instance, TV, movies, Instagram, and ...

Body-shaming is nothing new — I’m pretty sure Eve received some in the Garden of Eden — but what is new is the way girls are increasingly able to body shame others online. While we had to deal with ...

Three in four new moms struggle with their body image, according to new research. Many feel intense pressure to “bounce back” to their pre-pregnancy shape soon after giving birth, the findings reveal.

From the column: "When rapid weight-loss tools are normalized, disordered eating can become easier to excuse and harder to ...

When Taylor Swift spoke openly about her struggles with disordered eating and body image, many of her fans listened closely. A new study from the University of Vermont suggests that Swift’s candor has ...